A different kind of story.

STORY: RAPUNZEL from Rapulzel's view                       GENRE: FAIRY TALE

I was a just a baby when the evil witch separated me from my parents. She had made me live in a tower in the forest for a long, long time and never let me come down. She made me think that she was my mother and I believed her too. I wondered what the grass would feel like underneath my feet. I could see a heavenly castle, among the clouds at a faraway distant land, overlooking the tower’s only opening. I longed to be among the animals and birds in the forest where I was certainly not allowed.

At 18 my hair was as long as the height of the tower. The witch used it like a stair for her to go up or come down. One day, as I let my hair down at the call of whom I thought to be my mother’s, a handsome looking thing, which looked almost like me, climbed through the small window. I didn't know what to do. He said he was a prince and then told me about all things I wanted to know. Ultimately we fell in love and became inseparable. We kept it a secret from the witch. She would be furious.

One afternoon as we sat by the fireplace, the witch climbed inside. She dragged the prince through the room and threw him down the tower. I begged her to stop but she wouldn't listen. She cut off my hair and said that she would kill me if I dare see him again. It was days, after which I finally gathered my courage to escape from the tower. I waited for the witch to go out to collect food. Thereafter, I cut off my hair and used it climb down just like I had seen the witch do. I ran as quickly as my feet could take me. As I reached the edge of the forest, I saw a dim figure, moving hazily. When I reached closer, I was so happy to see that it was the prince. Sadly he was blinded by the fall from the tower. He was hurting and I was helpless. We sat by the shore and he laid his head in my arms to rest for a while. I couldn't stop myself from crying to see him in so much pain. My tears fell into his eyes and the next thing that happened was magical. My prince could see again! We felt at the top of the world. He took me to his beautiful kingdom and now we are happily married.